Written In The Stars
Chapter One
"Now slip me snug about your ears
I've never yet been wrong
I'll have a look inside your mind
And see were you belong"
The sorting hat finished it's song for another year and another large group of anxious first years to a nervous deep breath and waited for their names to be called. Professor McGonagall un rolled the large piece of parchament and read the first name on the list.
"Ackerly, Stewart"
"Ravenclaw" The sorting hat said from the large rip in its oversized brim.
"Baddock, Malcolm"
"Slytherin"
"Branstone, Eleanor"
"Hufflepuff"
Harry, Ron and Hermione were all thinking back to when it was their turn to have their names called. Herimone's was one of the first. Hermione looked over at Draco Malfoy, Hogwarts bad boy. He made a bee line for Malcolm Baddock when he reached the Slytherin table. Slytherin house, even the name screamed dark wizards.
"Pritchard, Graham"
"Slytherin"
"Quirke, Orla"
"Ravenclaw"
"Whitby, Kevin"
"Hufflepuff"
The only student left walked over to a table of cheering Hufflepuff students. There was an feeling of excitement in the air as Dumbledore raised from his golden chair. When he was finally standing there was utter silence.
"Let the feast begin"
The minute he had finished those words a mount of food appeared on all of the five tables in the room. There was roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, bacon, steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkshire puddings, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup and mint humbugs. This still came to a surprise to Harry, Ron and Hermione as the food always looked so amazing still having been there seven years. Yes it was the trios final year at Hogwarts and they wanted to enjoy it as much as they could. Ron's eyes were gleaming in wonder at all the food that had been placed before him still while Harry and Hermione had began to tuck into a piled high plate full of food.
"So Harry did you have a good summer?" asked Neville who has helping himself to seconds of the pork chops.
"Hmmm ... fine thanks! What about you, is your Gran keeping ok?" Harry asked
"She's fine" Neville said and tucked back into his food.
When everyone had finished eating dinner all the glorious food had disappeared including the exquisite pieces of cutlery before them. Then Dumbledore stood up again and silence filled the great hall once more.
"Firstly, I would like to welcome all the new students to Hogwarts and hope you will enjoy the time you spend here. Secondly, Mr Filch has asked me to remind you that the forest on the school grounds is forbidden to all students and that the Hogsmeade village is too to all students in first and second year and that the full list of objects forbidden in the castle contains four hundred and thirty-seven items can be viewed in Mr Filch's office. Finally, we have some news to announce, as with owl difficulty this year, the Headboy & Headgirl for this year were not notified of their new role, so we are going to be announcing them now" Dumbledore said with a hint of excitement in his voice.
The room had came to life again with chattering and excitment of who was going to be the new head girl and head boy. Harry and Ron both glanced at each other and then at Hermione and then said together "Of course." Hermione looked all pale and nervous as soon as Dumbledore had said that he was announcing them here. She would love to be head girl but would hate to walk up in front of the whole school just to shake Professor Dumbledore's hand and to receive a badge. It probably wasn't her anyway, with all the trouble Harry, Ron and herself have got into the last few years she will probably not even have been considered. Dumbledore began to quiet everyone down. It was time to be revealed.
"The new head boy is Draco Malfoy" Dumbledore said, not as enthusiastic as he could have been.
Draco had a massive smile on his face and he walked calmly and confidently up towards the front table to receive his badge. He gave high fives to some of the Slytherin's along the way. As he climbed up the few short steps, his Slytherin housemates were screaming with encouragement and Dumbledore was waiting for him to pin that shiny badge on his new robes. Hermione really didn't want to be head girl anymore as she knew what happens with head girl and boy, they get their own common room and dorms, connected. She really couldn't stand the sight of Malfoy most days, as he threw insults at her and her friends and bullied her because she was a muggleborn yet smarter than he was. Dumbledore interupted her thoughts again by coughing lightly to get everyone's attention again.
"The new head girl is Hermione Granger."
"The password is sugar quills" Professor Dumbledore said informing the new elected Head boy and girl. The portrait was a suit of Armour standing at a complete halt but the minute that Dumbledore said the password he moved his hand towards his face and lifted the metal helmet from his head.
"New Head boy and girl I see congratulations, I hope everything is to your liking inside" He said and swung the portrait open to reveal a small passage way that lead to a much bigger room. This room was much more different than the Slytherin and the Gryffindor common rooms. This room was square with less chairs and tables, there was a fully fitted kitchen to the left and a beautiful, old fireplace that stood on the right wall. There was a fire already blazing, heating the room already, it felt very cosy. The period wooden beams that ran all across the room made it look very romantic. There was a large brown corner sofa in front of the fire and a few single chairs around the room. There were two stairways, right beside each other, that both students guessed was the way to the dorms.
"Well, Draco your dorm is on the left, Hermione's on the right and one more thing, I know you two aren't the best of friends but please, all the teachers thought that you were both best for the job and we really hope that you two will learn to even get on civilly. That's all for now, I shall see you two in the morning at breakfast, goodnight" Dumbledore said and with that made his way out of the common room. Hermione thought that she should make an effort and at least try and talk to him, but he looked as though he didn't want the be bothered she lifted her school bag and headed up to explore her room.
After finding her room and looking around she couldn't believe she was in this position. The room was just as beautiful as the common room had been. She slipped on a pair of her pyjama bottoms and a top, she didn't worry about what Draco thought because well, he would just have to get used to it. She went down to the common room with a book and decided she would sit and have a good read before going to bed. She curled up in one of the big armchairs in the corner and opened her book to were she had placed her bookmark. She hadn't finished the page when Draco had appeared, still in his school uniform. He threw himself down onto the large corner group in the middle of the room. Hermione just rolled her eyes and continued reading.
"So it's you and me now Granger" Draco said in a snide little voice. Hermione just peered at him over the top of her book.
"Unlucky for me, Malfoy, it seems so" She said and continued reading.
"I wouldn't call yourself unlucky, you do know I like to walk around with very little on in the mornings, just think you will have the pleasure of seeing it all" Malfoy said not removing that smile from his face.
"You wouldn't dare Malfoy and unless you are blind I am trying to read so if you don't mind shutting up or going somewhere else" Hermione said as she put her book on her lap and gave him an awful glare.
"Just because you have a new post, Granger, doesn't give you the right to boss me or anyone else around in the school, or no wait, you already do that all the time so you won't listen anyway. This is a common room, I have as much right to be here as you do, filthy little mudblood" Malfoy raising his voice at her.
"Shut up ferret, Dumbledore wants us to be civil to each other, well I refuse to be civil to you if you start calling me nasty names, just don't talk to me Malfoy then I won't need to be cival at all" Hermione shouted tears brimming her eyes. She picked up her book, got up and stomped the whole way up to her room slamming the door behind her. Draco just sat there still smiling. He loved his new role around Hogwarts, especially getting to share a common room with her. She couldn't stand him already, she was giving him a week and if he hadn't improved she was giving up her role because she was not going to spend a year being annoyed by a boy who had made her life hell for the past six years, this year was going to be very different.